Raytheons Pyros small tactical munition on display at AUSA 2014

AUSA
2014
Association of the United States Army
AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition
13 to 15 October 2014
Washington D.C., United States

Raytheon at AUSA 2014

Wednesday,
October 15, 2014 02:18 PM

Raytheon’s
Pyros small tactical munition on display at AUSA 2014

At AUSA 2014
(Association of United States Army) Annual Meeting currently taking place
in Washington D.C., visitors can see on the Raytheon booth a full scale
model of the Pyros small tactical munition.

Raytheon Pyros Small Tactical Munition at AUSA 2014

Pyros
is Raytheon’s smallest air-launched bomb, specially designed for
unmanned aircraft systems. It is lightweight, and has a high degree of
maneuverability. At only 13-pounds (6 kg) and 22-inches (55 cm) long,
Pyros is ideally suited for applications where weight is a critical factor,
such as unmanned aircraft, rotary-wing scout platforms and light attack
aircraft.

The advanced warhead of Pyros uses an advanced semi-active laser seeker
to precisely engage targets while significantly reducing the risk of collateral
damage.

There are three choices for guiding the weapon to the target: GPS coordinates,
inertial navigation or laser designation. To maximize kinetic effects
and lethality, there are also three options for engaging the target: height-of-burst,
point-of-impact or fuze-delay detonation.

Raytheon is currently conducting trials of Pyros with the US Army and
US Navy.